| English Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1And Job again took up his discourse, and said: | 1And Job continued his discourse: |
| 2“Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me, | 2“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me, |
| 3when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness, | 3when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness, |
| 4as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent, | 4when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent, |
| 5when the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were all around me, | 5when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me, |
| 6when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! | 6when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! |
| 7When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square, | 7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square, |
| 8the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose and stood; | 8the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet. |
| 9the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth; | 9The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands. |
| 10the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. | 10The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths. |
| 11When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved, | 11For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me, |
| 12because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him. | 12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. |
| 13The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. | 13The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. |
| 14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban. | 14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban. |
| 15I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. | 15I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame. |
| 16I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know. | 16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger. |
| 17I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth. | 17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth. |
| 18Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand, | 18So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand. |
| 19my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches, | 19My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches. |
| 20my glory fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand.’ | 20My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’ |
| 21“Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel. | 21Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel. |
| 22After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them. | 22After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew. |
| 23They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain. | 23They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers. |
| 24I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down. | 24If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious. |
| 25I chose their way and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners. | 25I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners. |
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